The maȷor conditions strategy—ȷust another NHS plan?

The major conditions strategy will be one of this government’s last health strategies before next year’s general election. The secretary of state for health and social care, Steve Barclay, has set it three aims: narrow the healthy life expectancy gap; reduce ill-health related labour market inactivity; and alleviate pressure on the health service. These are not actions that can be achieved with NHS activity alone. The major conditions strategy combines several expected health papers from the government: cancer, mental health and wellbeing, and dementia, to name a few. Perhaps unsurprisingly, condition-specific campaigners and organisations continue to request standalone strategies.Does dividing healthcare planning into condition-shaped siloes make sense, though? While deeper dives into each condition will no doubt be valuable next steps, some healthcare leaders are supportive of the strategy bringing different conditions together. This approach—a multimorbidity approach—reflects how patients experience illness and therefore how they interact with the health system….
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